Closing of city’s last Big Boy demonstrates why Detroit needs more family restaurants
The family restaurant: a place for people of all ages to get simple, affordable, sit-down meal. It's a dying breed in the city, but hopefully not for long.
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Voices: Entrepreneur and engineer on what happens when your dream dies
W. David Tarver thought he had invented a new and improved synthesizer beloved by Stevie Wonder. But neither of those things were true. In this personal essay, he talks about coming to grips with a failed invention he spent years perfecting.
How to create jobs and help neighborhoods prosper? Support local entrepreneurs
Investing in local entrepreneurs and nonprofits that support them can lift low-income neighborhoods out of poverty and help shape a city's future. Nonprofits fueled by innovation and grit in Tampa, Detroit, and Memphis are proof positive that it works.
Voices: Local entrepreneur and consultant on how to eradicate your fear of failure
In part three of our series on "failure," writer, entrepreneur, and consultant Niles Heron talks about his struggles with fear of failure, and methods to overcome it.
Join Model D for the next High Growth Happy Hour on “Failure”
Continuing our engagement with the topic of failure, Model D and the New Economy Initiative will be hosting a High Growth Happy Hour speaker event at TechTown Detroit on July 27.
Info sessions announced to help Detroit business owners and landlords apply for matching grants
Dubbed Motor City Re-Store, the program is designed to help existing businesses and their landlords in rehabilitating and improving the conditions of their buildings' exteriors.
Voices: Former owner of Always Brewing Detroit on letting go of her business
Amanda Brewington put everything she had into Always Brewing Detroit before selling it last year. In part two of our series on empowering failure, she writes about the experience of letting her business go.
Two new businesses, a bakery and boutique, slated for fall openings in the historic Fisher Building
The two businesses are Yama, the third from women's retail store owner Rachel Lutz, and City Bakery, a popular New York City-based bakery and cafe.
Voices: TechTown CEO on the value of failure
Failure carries with it an unfortunate stigma, especially in Detroit's business community. For the first entry in a series on empowering failure, TechTown CEO Ned Staebler writes about his failed run for the Michigan state legislature.
First-time entrepreneur opens consignment resale shop on Eastern Market’s Service Street block
Boro, a clothing and accessories shop, is opening its Eastern Market storefront this Saturday, May 20—just in time for Flower Day.
Voices: Entrepreneur and engineer on what happens when your dream dies
W. David Tarver thought he had invented a new and improved synthesizer beloved by Stevie Wonder. But neither of those things were true. In this personal essay, he talks about coming to grips with a failed invention he spent years perfecting.
How to create jobs and help neighborhoods prosper? Support local entrepreneurs
Investing in local entrepreneurs and nonprofits that support them can lift low-income neighborhoods out of poverty and help shape a city's future. Nonprofits fueled by innovation and grit in Tampa, Detroit, and Memphis are proof positive that it works.
Voices: Local entrepreneur and consultant on how to eradicate your fear of failure
In part three of our series on "failure," writer, entrepreneur, and consultant Niles Heron talks about his struggles with fear of failure, and methods to overcome it.
Join Model D for the next High Growth Happy Hour on “Failure”
Continuing our engagement with the topic of failure, Model D and the New Economy Initiative will be hosting a High Growth Happy Hour speaker event at TechTown Detroit on July 27.
Info sessions announced to help Detroit business owners and landlords apply for matching grants
Dubbed Motor City Re-Store, the program is designed to help existing businesses and their landlords in rehabilitating and improving the conditions of their buildings' exteriors.
Voices: Former owner of Always Brewing Detroit on letting go of her business
Amanda Brewington put everything she had into Always Brewing Detroit before selling it last year. In part two of our series on empowering failure, she writes about the experience of letting her business go.
Two new businesses, a bakery and boutique, slated for fall openings in the historic Fisher Building
The two businesses are Yama, the third from women's retail store owner Rachel Lutz, and City Bakery, a popular New York City-based bakery and cafe.
Voices: TechTown CEO on the value of failure
Failure carries with it an unfortunate stigma, especially in Detroit's business community. For the first entry in a series on empowering failure, TechTown CEO Ned Staebler writes about his failed run for the Michigan state legislature.
First-time entrepreneur opens consignment resale shop on Eastern Market’s Service Street block
Boro, a clothing and accessories shop, is opening its Eastern Market storefront this Saturday, May 20—just in time for Flower Day.
